Emergence@ASU group members will be at the Conference on Complex Systems Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2015 in Tempe, AZ! Our group is hosting a Satellite Session on "The Origin of Life: A Problem for Complexity Science?" on Wed. Sept. 30th. The full schedule of talks for the satellite session is below (group members underlined). Other talks by group members at the meeting include:

9:00 am - 10:00 am -Part 1: Addressing Origin of Life as Problems for Complexity SciencePaul Cassell. Conceptual advances in origins of life research.Michael Lachmann. Maybe we should apply biology to physics, not the other way round?

Coffee Break (10:20 am – 10:40 am)

10:40 am - 11:50 am - Part 2: Emergence of Living States from Evolution of Complexity

Cole Mathis. Emergence of Life As a First Order Phase Transition.Eric Libby. Aggregative group formation in the transition to multicellularity. Alyssa Adams. Implications of Open-Ended Evolution in a Deterministic Universe.